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Zwemmen: No. 93,555, ma August 1o, 1869. i

' -.'D- m :PACKING-DEVICE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making' part of the same.

Toall'to whom fit may conocen;v Y

Beit known that I, WILLIAM RIDDLE, of 10 `Larkhall Lane, in the county of Surrey, England, a subject of the Queen of. Great Britain, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Packing or FormingBales of Cotton and other Fibrous Material, and I, the said WILLIAM RIDnLE, do hereby declare the nature ot' the said invention,- and in what manner the same is to be peifoi'med, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statenient thereof; that is to sayl For this purpose, I employ bands of hoop-iron or metal, bent overat their ends so as to fomn hooks, or loops. These are passed around the' unbound bale while it is -hed under pressure in the press in which it is packed.

The length of the .bands is such that their hooked ends may pass each other a short distance,and lie side by-'side on the bale, the bent ends ofthe hoops being inward or againstthe surface ofthe bale, which is essential.

A straight piece of hoop, or flat bar-iron or other rigid material, which I call a spear, is passed through the bent ends of the 'hoops as they lieside by side. lhus the ends oi' the bands are secured and rendered film on the spear, as soon as the-pressure on the' bale is removed by the expanding of the bale.

In order that my said invention may be understood and carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the drawings hcreupto annexed.

according to my invention.

a w are the metal bands, which are passed around the cotton or other brous substance, while it is held under compression in the packing-press, the material to be packed having usually cloths above andbeiow it inthe press.

a al are the booked, or looped ends of the bands,

side by side.

b is the spear, or hoop, (iron or other material,)

passed through-the bent ends, hoops,or loops. Y

Figures 2 and 3 represent full-size (or thereabout) forms ofhook or looped ends al u'.

Figure 4 represents' the end of a band, first folded down, as at a, andthen in the form a, which is' best done red-hot, over a die", or gauge-a large number being done at a tilne previous to packing.

Figures 5 and 6 are forms intended to be used when the ends of the bands are first made red-hot. v

The hoop-ends `may be thus bent by any'suitable tool, as well understood by engineers.

The spear I usually make of such a length as to take all the hoops, or loops al from end to end of the bale; but it'may be in two or more lengths.

My invention enables me to use Bat bands, or hoops for securing bales without slitting their ends or overlapping them by'a clasp or buckle.

What, therefore, I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the dat band, having its lends formed linto loops, without slitting, with aspear inserted through the loops, as described.

v WILLIAM RIDDLE. Witnesses:

'l. S. WARNER,- 

